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Alto Saotome | 202 | 36.59% | |
Sheryl Nome | 388 | 70.29% | |
Ranka Lee | 159 | 28.80% | |
Brera Sterne | 75 | 13.59% | |
Ozma Lee | 127 | 23.01% | |
Cathy Glass | 62 | 11.23% | |
Klan Klan | 203 | 36.78% | |
Mikhail Blanc (aka Michel) | 156 | 28.26% | |
Luca Angeloni | 24 | 4.35% | |
Nanase Matsuura | 23 | 4.17% | |
Canaria Berstein | 18 | 3.26% | |
Leon Mishima | 13 | 2.36% | |
Howard Glass | 6 | 1.09% | |
Grace O'Connor | 41 | 7.43% | |
Bobby Margot | 61 | 11.05% | |
Nene Rora | 14 | 2.54% | |
Raramia Rerenia | 13 | 2.36% | |
Jeffrey Wilder | 18 | 3.26% | |
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2008-07-07, 09:50 | Link #101 |
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On LJ Ranka actually edged out Sheryl, which shocked me. The only reason I can really think of is the demographic of LJ vs. the demographic of AS and Macrossworld. There are more guys here then there. It seems among females (not me though, haha) Ranka is more popular for some reason. Though it's not like it was by a huge margin, it was very close.
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2008-07-07, 11:36 | Link #103 | |
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Wow, that's strange...then again it must be a generational gap thing with the females. Also I doubt that LJ contains actual "Macross-heads" (aka: die-hard macross fans). Macross World on the other hand contains different generations of knowledgeable Macross heads worldwide. I'm female (one of the older ones) but I prefer Sheryl 10 fold. I noticed many of the Generation Y female kids opting for Ranka while Generation X-er females like myself admire Sheryl. On a slightly different note: Also keep in mind that Generation Y is very opinionated. They grew up in homes where they were told "opinions ALWAYS count"...which is great but most have blurred the lines between FACT and OPINION hahahaha!. I learned this when I was instructing an art class a few years back and noticed that these late teens and early twenty-somethings (especially the few females in the class) just could not fathom that the text book was correct and their opinion was not. --Lone Wolf 一匹狼 |
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2008-07-07, 11:49 | Link #104 |
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Ah, that too. Forgot about that. LJ is also a very young crowd. I find that I am one of the oldest ones in most of the communities I'm in. So it seems younger females seem to prefer Ranka for whatever reason.
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2008-07-07, 11:56 | Link #105 | |
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Heh, I guess it is the precious snowflake syndrome. |
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2008-07-07, 12:42 | Link #106 | |
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2008-07-07, 19:32 | Link #109 | |
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EDIT: As for demographic... the posters in that Kanno forum I was talking about pretty much are 20-30 years old. |
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2008-07-07, 20:03 | Link #110 | |
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2008-07-07, 20:06 | Link #111 |
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LJ posters on these comms are mostly teens to 20s. At least everytime someone does one of those friending memes all the ages posted are in the teens a lot of the time.
I wasn't the only one who noticed it, there was someone else in the comm that had the same thoughts.
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2008-07-07, 21:05 | Link #113 | |
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2008-07-07, 21:20 | Link #115 | |
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It's mostly a gender thing though, females root for the sweet underdog (easier to identify with) and feel threatened by Sheryl types. Of course it's a generalization etc etc |
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2008-07-07, 21:26 | Link #116 | |
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Isn't it interesting that we're delving on the social side of the audience? I think the ages x character preference has something to do with who you are as a person. Isn't it always like that, you root for the character you relate to? Personally, in the world I go around in, it is really the strong girls who are in control who get on top of the corporate world. That's why I like Sheryl, she, as a lot of people mentioned, is the "modern woman". She's strong, but she can be playful and supportive. Young girls on the other hand who are perhaps protected from the harsh realities of the world by their families or by schooling, are more idealistic and think that a person can be innocent and cute and get on the top of the ladder. This rarely happens though, but see... a lot of TV dramas have this kind of Cinderella-like girl character and you just know that the TV is fooling you with circumstances that rarely happen! That's why I feel like it's so refreshing to see a Sheryl archetype in an anime. Last edited by mike_s_6; 2008-07-07 at 21:39. |
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2008-07-07, 21:34 | Link #117 | |
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But Sheryl is way too fun to resist. I hope Alto would realize what he is missing out soon. - Tak |
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2008-07-07, 21:47 | Link #118 | |
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2008-07-07, 21:48 | Link #119 | |
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Exactly. See, I come from a family of asian women who wear the pants (kind of hilarious actually). When people see me, they automatically put me in that tiresome stereotype of "she's asian so she must be passive." Oh bullshit...I've been breaking that stereotype ever since I was a wee tot. I just refuse to give in to that cliche....and that is what I see in Ranka, and it upsets me to no end. So for me, Sheryl is a character that I can easily relate to. Both of us have the tendency to say what's on our minds...and yes...in the corporate world it really does ring true and it's so difficult to do that in a Japanese company but I have done it and seen it so many times. I'm just the type that refuses to be anyone's lap dog or doormat so I appreciate these kind of traits in her. --Lone Wolf 一匹狼 |
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2008-07-07, 21:52 | Link #120 | ||
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That and yes, Sheryl is a wonderful example of a strong modern woman, but she's still very feminine and often act her age. She also is mostly independant to the male character (for now), and it really pleases me. It may seem like a paradox, but the more a female character acts like an "independent heroine", the more I will support her. At least, I know Sheryl will never need a man for financial support |
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